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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2022/2023
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Degree Programme Table: International Development (MSc) (Full-time) (PTMSCINTER1F)

Jump to: Year 1

Year 1 Academic year: 2022/23, Starting in: September

Notes:
Not all electives may run in a given year and places may be limited.

Compulsory courses

You must take these courses
Politics and Theories of International Development
PGSP11240 20 credits
Interpreting Development: Institutions and Practices

Must be taken during Semester 2

PGSP11296 20 credits
International development: research design and practice
PGSP11420 0 credits
People First: The Anthropology of International Development
SCAN11027 20 credits

Course options

Group A

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Dissertation (MSc International Development)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Selected courses must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (sem 2)
Dissertation (MSc International Development)
PGSP11291 60 credits
OR

Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc International Development)

Select exactly 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
One of these dissertations must be completed in order to achieve the MSc
Selected courses must be passed at 50% and taken during Block 5 (sem 2)
Placement-Based Dissertation (MSc International Development)
PGSP11539 60 credits
AND

Group B

Select exactly 60 credits in this group.

Recommended Electives - International Development

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses are recommended by the Programme Director and will have priority enrolment for students on this programme.
Gender and Development
PGSP11225 20 credits
Key Skills in Development Practice
PGSP11348 20 credits
Displacement and Development
PGSP11369 20 credits
Anthropology of Global Health
PGSP11379 20 credits
Resource Politics and Development
PGSP11418 20 credits
Energy in the Global South
PGSP11422 20 credits
Business and International Development
PGSP11471 20 credits
Digital Global Development
PGSP11573 20 credits
Conflict, Security, and Development
PGSP11590 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives - International Development

Select between 0 and 60 credits of the following courses
Notes:
These courses offer a broader range of electives. Students on this programme will not have priority enrolment for these courses and spaces may be limited.
Research Skills in the Social Sciences: Data Collection
PGSP11016 20 credits
Consumption, Exchange, Technology: The Anthropology of Economic Processes
PGSP11176 20 credits
Governance, Development and Poverty in Africa
PGSP11327 20 credits
Transitional Justice in Context
PGSP11383 20 credits
Anthropology and Environment
PGSP11416 20 credits
Latin American Anthropology
PGSP11419 20 credits
Anthropology of Health and Illness
PGSP11423 20 credits
Culture and Mental Health in a Global Perspective
PGSP11563 20 credits
Rethinking Africa: Race, Space, and Power
PGSP11591 20 credits
Key Debates in South Asian Development
SAST11003 20 credits
AND

Additional Electives- EFI Courses (fusion-on-site option)

Select between 0 and 20 credits of the following courses
Notes:
The courses beginning EFI are 10 credits and you would need to take 2 courses for 20 credits. You need to register for the "fusion-on-site" option. Students on this programme will not have priority enrolment for these courses and spaces may be limited.
Text Mining for Social Research (fusion on-site)
EFIE11006 10 credits
Narratives of Digital Capitalism (fusion on-site)
EFIE11007 10 credits
Postdigital Society (fusion on-site)
EFIE11012 10 credits
The Future of Learning Organisations (fusion on-site)
EFIE11018 10 credits

Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W

Select between 0 and 20 credits from Level 11 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W
Notes:
Courses in this collection can only be taken with permission of the Programme Director.
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